dissolute

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dissolute

  • /ˈdɪsəljuːt/ UK

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From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

adjective more dissolute · most dissolute

  1. Unrestrained by morality.
  2. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures. Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).

Similar: debauched, dissipated, hedonic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, profligate, wanton

noun dissolutes

  1. An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures. [H]e illustrated the hypocrisy of his party; and was often known to exercise his talent of drinking a company of dissolutes under the table.

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adj dissolute

Españoldisoluto, perdulario
日本語嫌らしい iyarashii, エッチ etchi
中文放蕩 /放荡 fàngdàng
Portuguêsdissoluto
Françaisdissolu
Italianodissoluto
Ελληνικάακόλαστος akólastos
Русскийраспу́щенный raspúščennyj, распу́тный raspútnyj, развра́тный razvrátnyj, похо́тливый poxótlivyj

noun Translations

Españoldisoluto, perdulario

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@misc{dissolute_2026,
  title = {dissolute},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dissolute},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}